VPN

A week into Proton VPN on Windows 11 with Firefox, the first days were fine but lately YouTube videos misbehave.

“Been using ProtonVPN for over a week now and the first few days were fine but lately YouTube videos”

Has used Proton VPN with Firefox for a couple of years without a single problem.

“I’ve used proton vpn with Firefox exclusively for the last couple of years. Never had a problem at all”

After trying many VPNs for Hotstar India, Proton VPN is the only one that works about 99% of the time; PIA worked about 40% of the time.

“I tried so many vpn and only one worked 99 percent of time is proton vpn. pia worked like 40% of the time”

Used Proton VPN for two years without problems until three weeks ago, when the Mac app started hanging and timing out on US servers.

“I've been using ProtonVPN for the last two years and had no problems until about three weeks ago. Having major problems connecting to U.S. VPN servers”

Moved from NordVPN to Proton Unlimited for more trust and has had it for a few months.

“I switched from NordVPN to Proton because it gave me more confidence, I have had Proton Unlimited for a few months”

More and more major websites block them when Proton VPN is on, which they find very frustrating.

“it seems that even some of the most widely used websites are now blocking me when I have Proton VPN enabled. Very frustrating”

Proton VPN on their Wi-Fi router was limited to about 2 Mbps, while on the PC directly it reaches over 800 Mbps.

“I tried setting Proton VPN on my WI-FI router once and I was limited to something like 2 mbps, while setting it on PC directly gives 800+ mbps”

Has used Proton VPN for a few years with no issues, running several profiles on their router to route traffic.

“I've been using Proton for a few years now with no issues”

Switched from PIA to Proton VPN about four months ago and is happy: both had random reCAPTCHA loops, but Proton is much faster.

“I switched from PIA to Proton about 4(?) months ago and I'm happy with it. Both caused random problems as described and recaptcha loops, but Proton has been MUCH faster”

Since switching from PIA to Proton VPN, they have had constant problems with websites and YouTube, across many server locations.

“ever since I switched to Proton, I had nothing but problems with websites and YouTube”

Uses Proton VPN for about a month on a home server for P2P and is disappointed it has no dedicated Linux command-line client.

“To be honest, I’m a bit disappointed by the lack of a dedicated Linux CLI”

Enjoys a year of Proton Unlimited, but Proton VPN struggles with geo-blocked content that NordVPN used to handle.

“However, one thing I've noticed is that Proton VPN struggles to get around geo-blocked content”

Compared with NordVPN, which disconnected about every half hour during a month's trial, Proton VPN has been rock solid.

“another issue I found with Nord when I tried it for a month in January was it would randomly disconnect every half an hour or so even through Openvpngui whereas Proton is rock solid”

A long-time Proton VPN user now gets far more 'prove you're human' checks on everyday Cloudflare-protected sites like news and energy-provider sites.

“I've used Proton VPN for a long time, but I've recently noticed a significant increase in common websites, like news websites, even my energy providers website, that use Cloudflare, asking me to prove I'm human”

Moved from Mullvad to Proton VPN when they got Proton Mail because the bundle cost less, and finds both VPNs fine.

“I had Mullvad VPN but switched to Proton when I got Proton Mail because it cost less to get both together”

Has had Proton VPN for about ten years; testing NordVPN a couple of years ago, they found no comparison and stayed with Proton.

“I've had ProtonVPN for about 10 years. A couple of years ago, I tested Nord. There was no comparison”

Went from NordVPN to PIA to ExpressVPN and now Proton VPN, and rates Proton by far the best and NordVPN the worst.

“I switched from Nord to PIA to Express VPN and now Proton. Proton is by far the best. Nord was the worst”

A Proton VPN subscriber finds it becoming unusable because of IP reputation: about 20% of the sites they visit challenge or block them.

“Proton VPN is slowly becoming unusable beceause of IP reputation. Roughly 20% of website I visit are at least trigering a challenge if not blocking me”

Has used Proton VPN for the last eight months with only one small issue, after a year on Mozilla VPN.

“So far I've used proton for the last 8 months and only had a small issue”

Left Proton VPN after over four years on Unlimited because of persistent connection issues; Mullvad solved all of them.

“I've switched away from ProtonVPN after over four years of Unlimited because of persistent connection issues. Mullvad literally solved all of the problems I was having with ProtonVPN”

The Proton VPN app sometimes disconnects and refuses to reconnect until a restart, unlike their earlier time on Mullvad.

“I have had times that it just disconnects and doesn't want to connect anymore. A restart is needed”

Runs Proton VPN on their router so every device is covered, including consoles and VR headsets without VPN apps.

“I use protonvpn on my router so i can use a vpn on all my devices even on consoles or vr headsets which don`t have apps”

Moved from Mullvad to Proton's Duo plan, which for about $2 more a month adds email, cloud storage and a calendar to the VPN.

“i was spending 5.50 on mullvad, and by getting a duo account I coupd pay 2$ extra and get email, cloud storage, calendar, and the vpn”

Proton VPN would not apply their student discount, and its support took weeks to reply.

“Protonvpn wouldn't let me redeem the student discount and their support took a long time to reply by weeks”

Liked Proton VPN for a year, but in the last month connections started dropping and falling back to an unprotected route.

“I'd been using ProtonVPN for a year and initially liked the service. However, within the last month or so, I noticed the connections become sporadically disconnected”

Used Mullvad for years but needed port forwarding, so moved to Proton VPN, which works well and gets blocked less often.

“I used Mullvad for years and loved it. But I need port forwarding so I switch to ProtonVPN. It’s pretty good honestly and I get blocked less than on Mullvad”

Proton VPN's kill switch never worked for them and often stopped it connecting, while Mullvad and IVPN gave them no such problems.

“The kill switch on ProtonVPN never worked for me, and when active it often couldn’t connect”

Subscribes to Proton Unlimited for its cloud storage but dislikes Proton VPN's Linux client.

“I’m not a big fan of Proton because their Linux client is pretty poor”

When their phone switches between mobile data and Wi-Fi, Proton VPN stays connected but with no internet until they reconnect it.

“when my phone switches between my data plan and my wifi, that proton is still connected, but no internet, till I disconnect protonvpn and connect it again”

Proton VPN used to work perfectly for Stan in Australia, but no server has worked for months and Proton support has no fix.

“Used to work flawlessly but can't find a server that works for months now. Proton support doesn't have any solutions”

Has used paid Proton VPN for a few months on several devices, including a router running 24/7, with no disconnects or slowdowns.

“I had my protonVpN for a few months now and no issues. I use it on a few devices including on my project router 24/7 and never had any disconnects or slow time”

After years on ExpressVPN, installed Proton VPN on an iPhone; it drops the connection without warning while still showing as connected.

“Proton will disconnect without warning even though the desktop widget shows still connected”

Moved to Proton VPN about a month ago after a few years on ExpressVPN, and finds it at least as fast.

“I have been using Proton VPN for about a month now after using Express VPN for a few years. It is just as fast if not faster for me”

Switched from ExpressVPN to Proton VPN and it works with no problems on all their devices, including their UniFi router; Proton Unlimited cost about the same and adds Proton Mail.

“I switched from ExpressVPN to ProtonVPN and it works great. No problems whatsoever on any of my devices. Even my UDM-Pro uses ProtonVPN”

An Unlimited subscriber who uses Proton VPN with its other Proton services; its stealth protocol is the only VPN that connects all their devices on a work Wi-Fi that blocks VPNs.

“the only VPN that’s been able to connect all my devices (via stealth protocol) to my work wifi which actively blocks vpns”

Subscribed to Proton VPN for seven months; it was fast but so unstable that servers rarely stayed connected, so they went back to NordVPN.

“Fast but terribly unstable and it is difficult to find a server that will stay connected for longer than a minute or two”

Could not get torrenting to work with Proton VPN in their home-server setup, got a refund and moved to AirVPN.

“I had nothing but problems getting torrenting to work with my arr stack implementation. I ended up refunding proton and going with airvpn”

Used the free Proton VPN on and off for years alongside a paid ExpressVPN plan, never had issues with Proton, and moved to it when ExpressVPN raised its price.

“I used the free Proton VPN on and off for years, even though I also paid for ExpressVPN. I always liked Proton VPN and never had any issues with it”

Has used Proton VPN for about six years on routers and a phone: good speeds, few issues and a stable connection.

“I've been using Proton VPN for about 6 years now. I'm very satisfied. Good speeds, few issues, stable connection”

Used Proton VPN for about a year on an Apple TV, a GrapheneOS phone and a Linux PC with no problems.

“I've used Proton VPN for about a year on three very different platforms: an AppleTV, a mobile with GrapheneOS, and a Linux PC. Smooth sailing so far”

Used Proton VPN for over a year, first on the free tier and then on the paid Unlimited plan, with no problems; setup took a few minutes.

“I've been using ProtonVPN over a year (free tier first, then I paid for Unlimited) and have no issues”

Proton VPN keeps close to their normal internet speed in speed tests, but port forwarding for seeding torrents has been unreliable.

“While I run test of connection speed I see +-350Mb/s download and +-60Mb/s upload. That is pretty much normal speed of my internet without VPN”